Festival “Svetlanov – Universe!” (Crazy Weekend)

Festival “Svetlanov – Universe!” (Crazy Weekend)

“Svetlanov – Univers!”Festival will be held from10 to 11 November 2018at the Tchaikovsky Conservatoryin Moscow.
For the first time, 13 concerts will be performed in all the halls of the Conservatory in just two days.
The first Festival will be a tribute to Evgeny Svetlanov, one of the greatest Russian musicians of the 20th century, on his 90th anniversary.The goalof the Festival is to create a «crazy », creative , musical atmosphere at the Moscow Conservatory and throughout the city.

Programme

The “Crazy Weekend” subtitle of the Festival reflects the multifaceted nature of this event, with 13 classical music concerts combining well known works of which the Maestro was particularly fond, jazz, his own works and the premiere of a piece dedicated to him : “Cicrles of memory” by a French composer René Koering. The Festival will also include master classes and will organise an exhibition tribute to Evgeny Svetlanov from the Moscow Museum collection, video projections of documentary films and performances by Maestro Svetlanov and meetings in a dedicated “Memory Corner” area.

Illustrious figure of the 20th century and the last of the giants of the great tradition of Russian music conductors, Maestro Svetlanov's influence is still felt in today's musical world. He was a sentinel of musical excellence and the very incarnation of the mythical conductor: charismatic and demanding. A man of rare musicality and passion. Having conducted the greatest orchestras in the world and remains today a universally-acknowledged reference.